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Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2006
The
author criticizes the Minister of Endowment’s decisions
to nationalize the call to prayer, optional prayers during
Ramadān and religious discourse.
Date of source: Saturday, May 27, 2006 to Friday, June 2, 2006
The article tackles the failure of
religious institutions in Egypt to come up with a
moderate discourse, as the author blames the current state of
fanatisism in the country on both Muslim and
Christian preachers.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
The article discusses the weekly Friday sermon and the
poor
performance of the preachers, whom many view as insufficient to stand on the minbar [a pulpit inside
the mosque] and deliver sermons to Muslim worshippers.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
During the final session of the cultural season organized by
the
Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, the author reports the stances of the shaykh of the Azhar and the
minister of religious endowments to the criticism towards Islamic preaching.
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
A reported assault on the imām of the Umm al-Qura Mosque in al-‘Arīsh, Shaykh Muhammad ‘Abd al- Hamīd, by Major Muhammad Ridā of the State Security Intelligence (SSI), has provoked outrage among Sinai mosque imāms.
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
Nearly 800 young Muslim preachers have been removed after passing
the Ministry of Awqāf’s [endowments] test for imāms and preachers in 2005.
Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2001
The US embassy approached the Yemeni Ministry of Information about a copy of a video or cassette tape of last Friday’s sermon, which had been aired by Sanaa television and included a denunciation of the US and its allies arrogance. The embassy pressured the Yemeni authorities to prevent preachers...
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2001
In this article the author explains why Muslims should not hate the People of the Book. The Prophet himself did not invoke evil on them, as some of the preachers do. On the contrary, he asked God to lead them to the right path. He concluded by wondering how a preacher could, with a heart full of...
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2001 to Friday, October 26, 2001
"The Islamic Guiding Center" in Cairo or "Kabul Mosque" as its members call it introduces various religious and social services. The article sheds light on theses activities and points out that the members of the newly formed organization Al-Wa’d used to gather in the Kabul mosque. The security...
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2001 to Friday, October 26, 2001
Sheikh Fawzy Al-Said is the mufti of a newly formed Islamic group called Al-Wa’d. He issued many cassette tapes in which he asks Muslims to join the jihad and fight against other foreign countries which he describes as "The anti Christ." He gave some fatwas demanding that Muslims who belong to the...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.